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JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter
Winfield residents Terry and Tiffani Cassidy are disappointed that the House of Bargains, operated by CARC-Advocates for
Citizens with Disabilities, has closed after 28 years. Instead, the House of Bargains will offer its goods online.

Store was incidental to

main goal, say officials

Group's focus is
developmentally
disabled clients.

By ANTONIA ROBINSON
arobinson@lakecityreporter.com
Closing the House of
Bargains, which shut its
doors last week after 28
years, was a disservice to
the community, accord-
ing to one lbcal woman.
Tiffani Cassidy says the
needy in Lake City will
suffer serious hardship as
a result of the decision.
However, the folks who
operate the store say the
move to online sales only,

on eBay, will benefit their
clients, individuals with
developmental disabili-,
ties.
"What these people
are doing to the commu-
nity is wrong," said Tiffani
Cassidy. "This was like a
staple to the community."
She noted, that many
local residents are job-
less or on a fixed income,
just like her, and that the
House of Bargains offered
items at extremely low
prices. With the store
gone, some won't be able
to afford clothes or other
items, she said.
"If it's a. nonprofit orga-
nization, aren't they taking
something away from the

'If it's a nonprofit organization,
aren't they taking something
away from the community
just to make a buck?'
S- Lake City resident
Tiffani Cassidy

community just to make a
buck?" Cassidy said. "Not
everything has to be 21st.
century. It's a real disser-
vice."
However, the House of
Bargains existed solely to
generate operating funds
for CARC AdVocates for
Citizens with Disabilities
Inc., said Mike Belle,
executive director.

"Our main purpose is
not to run a thrift store,"
he said. "We're in -the
business of providing
expensive services for
people with disabilities in
Columbia County."
Agencies that provide
services for people with
disabilities statewide are
STORE continued on 3A

Largest

gift ever

for FGC

$1M donation
leads to naming
of new library.

By ANTONIA ROBINSON
arobinson@lakecityreporter.
corn
The new Florida
Gateway College library
and media
center will
be named in
honor of a for-
mer Board of
Trustees chair-
man following
the largest gift
in the college's
history.
The Board Wilson S.an
unanimous-
ly voted to name the
building the Wilson
S. Rivers Library and
Media Center Friday at
a meeting. The Rivers
Fine Arts Complex, pre-
viously named in Rivers'
honor, will be renamed.
The naming comes in
recognition of Rivers'
gift of 51 acres with
three residences in
Union County to-the
college, said Mike Lee,

Foundation for Florida
Gateway College execu-
tive director. The prop-
erty is listed on the tax
rolls with a value of
$860,000.
Rivers and his wife,
Sophia, a nurse, also
donated $50,000 to the
Wilson and Sophia Rivers
Nursing. Scholarship to
benefit Union County
nursing stu-
dents. The
,s c h o lar -
ship will be
matched
for a total of
$100,000.
FGC was
seeking a
total gift of
d Sophia Rive $1 million
to name the
new library and media
center, Lee said. Rivers'
donation, combined
with his 28 years of ser-
vice to the college, more
than meets the criteria
established to name the*
library and, media cen-
ter.
"This is also the larg.
est single gift in college
and foundation history
GIFT continued on 3A

" W- "
JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter
The new library and media center is expected to be com-
pleted later this year.

Sturgeon strike again:

Branford boater hurt

By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com rn
FANNING SPRINGS A
Suwannee County man suf-
fered serious injuries to his
arm when he was struck by
a sturgeon while he and his
wife were boating on the
Suwannee River near Fanning
Springs Friday morning. The
incidents marks the sixth
sturgeon strike of 2011.
Ronald Richardson, no age
given, of Branford, suffered a
laceration on his right arm.
Karen Parker, Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission public informa-

tion coordinator, described.
the laceration as a "gash" and
noted it ran from Richardson's
right elbow down the length
of his arm to his hand.
"He refused medical
treatment and the fish was
released back into the water,"
Parker said, noting FWC
authorities have not been able
to determine how fast the
Richardsons were traveling
when the sturgeon jumped in
front of their boat
"We don't have a lot of
details right now but we
know a husband and wife
were on the Suwartnee River
this morning about 8 a.m.

93 168
T-Storm Chance
WEATHER, 2A

when it occurred."
Parker said the incident
was not reported to the FWC
until around 3i45 p.m. Friday.
She said FWC investigators
are continuing to look into
the incident '
Last month a Cross City
woman was seriously injured
during the Memorial Day
weekend holiday period
when she was traveling as
an airboat passenger and
was struck by a sturgeon.
The incident occurred near
the Fanning Springs State
Park and the woman suf-
fered a broken leg, reports
said.

Impassable Bay fire

reaches 3,600 acres

Smoky conditions
could persist in
area, say officials.

By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreportercom
The Impassable Bay fire, still uncon-
tained, continues to consume land with-
in the Osceola National Forest. U.S.
Forest Service officials said Friday the
fire has grown to 3,629 acres.
"The operational objective is to keep
the fire within the swamp on U.S. Forest
Service land using existing Forest
Service roads as the containment area,"

said Kurt Wisner, one member of a joint
task force of U.S. Forest Service and
Florida Division of Forestry personnel
assigned to the blaze. 'To date, the road
boundaries have held the fire and crews
are available to conduct suppression
operations on any escapes outside the
boundary."
He said in addition to water airdrops
and fire retardant used to cool the
perimeter, fires are being used to limit
the spread of the wildfire by burning
out vegetative fuels.
"In areas which already have been
burned, firefighters are monitoring and
improving control lines," Wisner said.
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TODAY IN
PEOPLE
Freeman gets
AFI award.

COMING
SUNDAY
A look at teen
drinking in Columbia.

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Eastwood, Mirren and others fete Freeman

CULVER CITY, Calif

Standing on the sound-
stage where Fred Astaire
once danced and Dorothy
skipped down the yel-
low brick road, Morgan
Freeman accepted the American
Film Institute's Life Achievement
Award.
Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier,
Helen Mirren, Samuel L. Jackson,
Tim Robbins and Forest Whitaker
were among the stars who feted
Freeman during a ceremony
Thursday at Sony Studios, former
home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The storied Stage 15 which
AFI Chair Sir Howard Stringer said
was once graced by Astaire and
Judy Garland in film was trans-
formed into an elegant ballroom,
,. its walls draped in red and gold and
dotted with giant framed photos of
- Freeman, whom Poitier introduced
as "a prince of the ciaft of acting."
In a room filled with hundreds of
his colleagues and friends, Freeman
listened to star after star share what
They admire about him and his work.
The 74-year-old Oscar winner sat at
the head table near the center of the
room, beaming.
Jackson told the actor he was
inspired by both Freeman's work
Sand his words.
"In a world of too much cubic zir-
conium, you are the real thing," he
said.
Whitaker called Freeman an
"adviser, a beacon, a confidant, a
shoulder to lean on, protector, and
friend," both in real life and in the
characters he has played on film.

Reggae star Banton asks
for shorter sentence
TAMPA Jamaican reggae
singer Buju Banton is asking for a
shorter prison sentence.
The Grammy winner was convict-
ed in February of conspiring to set
up a cocaine deal in Florida in 2009.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Honoree Morgan Freeman (right) and Forest Whitaker arrive at the taping of 'TV
Land Presents: AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Morgan Freeman' in Culver
City, Calif., Thursday. The special will air June 19th on TV Land.'

He faces a manda-
tory minimum of 15
years in prison at his
sentencing hearing
June 23 in Tampa
federal court.
In court
B Santon documents filed
Thursday, Banton's
attorney, David Markus, said a
15-year-sentence is "way more than
necessary" in Banton's case.

'Apes' actress Estella
Warren with 4 counts
LOS ANGELES Los Angeles
prosecutors have 'charged former
model and actress
Estella Warren with'
four misdemeanors,
including hit and
I;7 I run, stemming from
a recent arrest.
The "Planet of the
Warren Apes" actress is also
facing drunken driv-
.ing, resisting arrest and battery on a

peace officer counts.
She is due in court on June 17.

Duchess doubtful her TV
show could air in Britain
NEW YORK The Duchess of
York Sarah Ferguson said it's doubt-
fwil her new television series "Finding
Sarah" could ever air in Britain.
"I think that Fergie baiting sells a
lot of papers in Britain, and Fergie
does tend to fall into the traps so
could it air on Britain? Probably not
without dramatic ramifications and
negativity," Ferguson said.
"Finding Sarah" is a six-part series
airing on Oprah Winfrey's Network,.
OWN, where Ferguson goes on a
soulful journey to rebuild her self-
esteem. Along the way, she is helped
by experts (and friends of Winfrey)
including Dr. Phil McGraw and
financial adviser Suze Orman.
Ferguson said a lesson she had to
learn was about regret.

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Worker searches
rubble for worker
ST. PETERSBURG -
Rescue workers are trying
to find a man trapped in
the rubble of a collapsed
building.
The man, who was not
identified, was working
Thursday for a company,
hired by Progress Energy
to demolish a 180-foot-tall
building on their property.
The building collapsed
before it was demolished
and the 67-year-old man
became trapped. Rescue
crews worked through
the night, using dogs and
.listening devices to probe
the rubble. Officials called
in a search and rescue dog
from Miami-Dade County.

-.Scotland siblings
: killed in crash
Z' VERO BEACH A
..'brother and sister from
* Scotland have been killed
in a small plane crash in
central Florida.
The Indian River
County Sheriff's Office
said Carly Beattie, 21, was
piloting the Cessna 152
that crashed sometime
'Thursday in a swampy,
remote area near Blue
Cypress Lake. Her broth-
er, Daniel Beattie, 24, was
a passenger.
The wreckage was
discovered early Friday.
Indian River Sheriff's
Deputy Matt Davis said
the plane apparently nose-
dived. He .also said one
wing is wrapped around a
tree.

Hearing focuses
on disasters
CLEARWATER Some
emergency managers tes-
tifying in a congressional
hearing are warning that
certain proposed cuts in
Homeland Security grants
could hurt local govern-
ments' ability to prepare
and respond to disasters.

Former Gator gives autographs
NFL's Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow laughs after
having his, photo taken with a young boy while signing
autographs'of his book, 'Through My Eyes' at Wal-Mart in
Gainesville Thursday.

Emergency officials
also stressed the need for
public/private partner-
ships in disaster prepara-
tion and the use of social
media such as Facebook
and Twitter to commu-
nicate quickly with the
public. They also lauded
the "great strides" by
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency since
Hurricane Katrina.

Suspect arrested
in Tampa deaths
TAMPA Police have
arrested a suspect in the
fatal shootings of two
Tampa teens.
The announcement of
Thursday's arrest came
as family and friends
prepared for a memorial
service for Kiara Brito, 16,
and her Jeremi Brito, 13.
Police said the siblings
were shot multiple times
Sunday morning at their
home near MacDill Air
Force Base. Police arrest-
ed Tavari Grant, 18. A sec-
ond man, Charles Waits,
19, is also considered a
suspect.
Detectives said the
pair persuaded the teens
to let them inside the
house. They were shot

a short time later. Police
said Grant and Waits took
cash, jewelry, electronics
and other items from the
home.

Big Brothers Big
Sisters to close
FORT MYERS Big
Brothers Big Sisters of
Southwest Florida is clos-
ing due to financial prob-
lems.
The national organization
told the local chapter it will
lose its affiliate status and
must close by Tuesday,
leaving 500 volunteer men-
tors and children without
assistance. The agency
serves Lee, Collier and
Charlotte counties.
Local board chairman
David Lebron said Big
Brothers Big Sisters of
the Sun Coast will expand
to southwest Florida.
That chapter is located in
Venice.
There are 367 Big
Brother Big Sister affili-
ates in the United States.
Officials say they pay a fee
to the national group.
Agency spokeswoman
Kelly Williams said two
affiliates closed in 2010.

Daily Scripture
"Bear with each other and for-
give one another if any of you
has a grievance against some-
one. Forgive as the Lord for-
gave you."
Colossians 3:13
Thought for Today
"People do not believe lies
because they have to, but
because they want to."
Malcolm Muggeridge,
British author and commentator (1903-1990)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Casey.Anthony waits in the courtroom before the start of court in her trial at the Orange
County Courthouse Friday in Orlando.

Prosecutors focus in on

duct tape in Anthony trial

* By KYLE HIGHTOWER
Associated Press

ORLANDO -
Prosecutors focused Friday
on what they believe killed
2-year-old Caylee Anthony
in the Florida murder trial of
her mother, as jurors heard
testimony from the medi-
cal examiner who reviewed
the child's skeletal remains
and saw graphic video of
how duct tape could have
been used to suffocate her.
Orange and Osceola
County chief medical exam-
iner Dr. Jan Garavaglia tes-
tified that she determined
the toddler's manner
of death to be homicide,
though she encountered
contentious cross-examina-
tion from Anthony's attor-
neys.
The official cause of
death she listed was "death
by undetermined means,"
but Garavaglia said she
applied a three-pronged
test to arrive at her deter-
mination. She said she took
into account not only the
physical evidence present
on the remains she exam-
ined, but all the information
she had about how they
were found and what she'd
been told about the authori-
ties' investigation.
"We know by our obser-
vations that it's a red flag
when a child has not been
reported to authorities with
injury, there's foul play,"
Garavaglia said. ... There
is no child that should have
duct tape on its face when
it dies."
Casey Anthony is
charged with first-degree
murder. Prosecutors
believe she suffocated her
daughter in June 2008. She
didn't report her missing
for 31 days. The defense
contends she drowned in
her grandparents' pool.
Her remains were found in

I

7 ASSOCIATED PRESS
An image displayed on a courtroom monitor shows a photo
entered into evidence in the Casey Anthony trial at the
Orange County Courthouse on Friday. This photo shows
wording found on remains of a shirt.

a wooded area not far from
the Anthony family home
in December 2008.
Garavaglia also bolstered
chloroform evidence that
was found by investigators
inside the trunk of Casey
Anthony's car. She testified
that even a small amount of
chloroform would be suf-
ficient to cause the death
of a child.
Defense attorney
Cheney Mason tried to
poke holes in Garavaglia's
findings, getting her to
admit that toxicology
tests on the bones came
up negative for "volatile
chemicals." Still, she
stuck by her conclusions
even when Mason tried
to suggest the idea of an
accident.
"You're trying to tell
this jury 100 percent that
this death couldn't be an
accident?" Mason asked at
.one point.
"Accidental deaths are
reported 100 percent of
the time unless there's
reason not to," Garavaglia

responded.
Later in the day, the
defense objected to hearing
testimony from University
of Florida professor and
human identification labo-
ratory director Michael
Warren, who planned to
present a computer anima-
tion of the way duct tape
could have been used in
the death.
The animation featured a
picture of Caylee Anthony
taken alongside her mother
that was superimposed with
an image of her decom-
posed skull, and another
with a strip of duct tape that
was recovered with her
remains. The images were
slowly brought together
showing that the duct tape
could have covered her
nose and mouth.
"This disgusting super-
imposition is nothing more
than a fantasy," lead defense
.attorney Jose Baez said
while arguing against it.
"...They're throwing things
against the wall and seeing
if it sticks."

IMPASSABLE: Fire is 3,600 acres

Continued From Page 1A

"Due to the swamp ter-
rain, which will not hold
heaVy firefighting equilp-
ment, long-term plans
foresee allowing the entire
swamp to burn out with-
out encroaching on private
lands. This approach will
limit future wildfire activity
in this highly volatile area."
The Impassable Bay fire
is located in the Osceola
National Forest along the
Baker-Columbia County
line. Wisner said depend-
ing on winds, fire behav-
ior and suppression opera-
tions, there could be smoke
issues in the area as well
as smoke impact on area
highways. Smoke was less
visible in Lake City Friday
than in previous days.
The fire began Monday
with a lightning strike dur-
ing an area storm.
According to information
released by the joint task
force, there are 13 wildfires
burning property in the
Suwannee Forestry Center
which covers Columbia,

Baker, Bradford, Hamilton,
Union and Suwannee coun-
ties. There are no active
fires in Union or Suwannee
counties.
In addition to thd
Impassable Bay fire, offi,
cials have reported three
other active wildfires in
Columbia County.
The Garmin fire, in the
Sandlin Bay, just south of
the Georgia line, is on U.S.
Forest Service land and is
contained at one acre. The
Benton Grade #1 fire and
Moore Road fire are each
contaified at one-half acre.
"The Suwannee Forestry
Center has not been issu-
ing burn permits due to
weather conditions and
due to the high level of
fire activity in the district,"
Wisner said. "The fire activ-
ity has firefighting forces
spread thin at this time. We
will reassess burn permit
requests when fire activity
allows."
According to forestry
service officials, there are

losing funding, Belle said.
Everything including
the House of Bargains
- comes second to
CARC's main goal, which
is helping its clients.
"Nothing is more
important to us than
people with disabilities
getting the support they
need," he said. "Every
dollar and dime we
save from that opera-
tion is going into sus-
taining those services.
That is all we care about
doing."
Initially, House of
Bargains was the only
thrift store in town, Belle
said. Now there are thrift
stores on both sides of
the street on the corner
where it was located.
"What people pur-
chased on an annual
basis was not enough
to support the organiza-
tion," he said.
Costs associated with
running the business
included salaries for
several staff members,
building maintenance
and electricity, Belle
said. Managing and run-
ning an online operation
will drastically reduce.
the overhead.
Cassidy has been going
to the House of Bargains
at least once a month
for about eight years,
she said. The store was a
place to get her money's
worth.
"I don't shop at Goodwill
or other thrift stores,"
she said. "They're too

expensive."
House of Bargains was
the cheapest place in
town to buy secondhand
clothes, said Allison
Steward of Lake City. It
also had a wide selection
of other items.
"Out of the other thrift
stores in town, it had the
best deals," she said.
"That's why we went
there."
She and her husband,
Eb, went to the store a
couple of times a month,
Steward said: They were
disappointed to find out
the House of Bargains
was closed.
"It was a nice place
to go," she said. "We
enjoyed it."
Cassidy. said the store
could have raised its pric-
es or sought more vol-
unteer- help rather than
closing and switching to
online sales.
"I don't know how
they plan to make money
online," she said.
Some people have lim-
ited access to a computer,
and many like to peruse
items before purchasing
them, Cassidy said.
"I mean who's going
to buy itsed clothing
online, really?" she said.
"Who's going to buy
used furniture. I could
see Craigslist, maybe.
Not everybody shops
online." .-
There were no alterna-
tives that made sense for
CARC other than closing
the store, Belle said.

"We do not have a
pile of money "to invest
in some revamping of a
building," he said. "We
needed to find a way to
provide private revenue
that would not cost us
more than we have."
The group has looked
at a number of organi-
zations that operate
online stores, Belle
said. Goodwill of South
Florida began an online
store in February' on
a very small scale and
were making more than
$12,000 a month by April
from selling books, CDs
and DVDs.
"They were just testing
the waters and making
$12,000," he said. "This
is a hot market to be in."
packaging and ship-
ping costs will add to
operating expenses, Belle
said. The CARC will look
at the bottom line cost
to run the online sales
compared to its monthly
revenue to evaluate the
service.
"We believe 100 percent
in the online sales opera-
tion and are committed
to seeing it through," he
said.
Steward will miss being
able to browse through
the items and find some-
thing eye-catching at the
store, she said. It was
nice having a place down-
town like the House of
Bargains.
"We're definitely going
to miss it," Steward
said.

GIFT: FGC builds new library

Continued From Page 1A

and the first time a gift
has been made to name
an entire building," he
said.
Rivers was a college
trustee from 1961 to
1989. He served as chair-
man during his tenure
and was also Foundation
chairman in 1973. The
fine arts complex was
named around his retire-
ment.
James Y. Wilson, a
founding trustee for the
Lake City Forest Ranger
School wrote Rivers a let-
ter in 1973 suggesting
all foundation and board
of trustee members put
a small bequest to the
college or foundation in
their wills.
Wilson's message was
taken to heart by Rivers,
Lee said.
Rivers was unable to
attending the meeting,
but Tammy Hall shared a
few words on his behalf.
"From Lake City Forest
Ranger School to Florida
Gateway College and
it only took 64 years,"
she read. "The culmi-
nation of the efforts
by so many people
throughout many years
has resulted in the col-
lege we see today, and
we are honored to be a
part of that group.
"It is our privilege
and pleasure to give

back a part of what we
have been so blessed to
receive," Hall read.:
In all, $1.1 million was
gifted to the foundation
through "tlie Rivers'
donation and four other
groups of. endowment
donors, Lee said.

Other endowments:

m The Francis Kayo
Bowman Scholarship
was left at the bequest
of Bowman to benefit
the golf course opera-
tions and turf equipment
management students.
Bowman was founder
of Wekiva Golf Club in
Longwood and a lifetime
member of the PGA.

The Jack Rountree
Scholarship was fund-
ed by Joan Rountree,
Susie Rountree Hall
and Elizabeth Rountree
Owens in honor of their
husband and father
to benefit all golf and
ttirf related programs.

Rountree was owner of
Rountree-Moore Ford
and an avid golfer.
The Lake City
Garden Club Scholarship
was established by the
organization in memory
of founding members
and in honor of current
ones. The club has sup-
ported the college for
more than 30 years by
providing a landscaping
scholarship.

The Capt. Chad
Reed Sr. Endowed
Scholarship was estab-
lished by his wife, Holly,
and family and friends
in memory of her hus-
band. Reed was a Dixie
County Sheriff's deputy
who died in the line of
duty in 2010.

"Today is an excit-
ing and special day for
Florida Gateway College,
the foundation and most
importantly our stu-
dents," Lee said.

Well, we thought you'd like something productive on
your pad to prove to your spouse that it's really a useful
tool for financial management. Well worth the invest-
ment you made to buy it. And so much more than just
a toy for playing Angry Birds.
See, you actually can do something useful with this new
technology. You can see if you've got paid yet, balance
your checkbook, pay a few bills, make a loan payment,
transfer funds to your kids away at college, and more!
Or you can just act like you're taking notes at that meet-
ing instead of updating your facebook page.
We also have old-fashioned internet banking for those'
who've not yet convinced their spouse that they really
need the newest pad devices or cell phones.

LAKE CITY REPORTER LOCAL & STATE SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011

Page Editor: Todd Taylor, 754-0424

OPINION

Saturday, June I 1,2011

AN

AN
OPINION

A ray of

hope on

tackling

the debt

on the federal deficit
The biparitisin Gang
of Six may remain
on life support, but
the surviving Gang of Five sena-
tors three Democrats and two
Republicans have not given up.
Far from it, apparently. Some
have begun to provide other
senators a preview of their work
product to get a sense of its
chances for broader support
Moreover, both of Colorado's
senators, Democrats Mark
Udall and Michael Bennet, were
among those this week given a
peek at the draft proposal. That's
not surprising, since both have
been outspoken proponents of
a bipartisan anti-deficit plan that
requires compromise on both
sides of the aisle.
Bennet, along'with Republican .
Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska,
even engineered a letter that 64
senators (including Udall) signed
and sent to President Obama in
March, asking him to engage in
negotiations that targeted discre-
tionary spending cuts, entitle-
ment changes and tax reform.
Neither Udall nor Bennet is
talking publicly about the spe-
cifics of what they saw from
the anti-deficit gang, but it's
no secret what the group has
in mind the same trinity of
significant across-the-board
cuts in discretionary programs,
major entitlement reform and
tax reform that lowers rates,
simplifies the code and raises
additional revenue.
Some elements of the plan
have reportedly been modeled
on the majority recommenda-
tions of the president's fiscal
commission.
Such a deal obviously would
contain elements attractive to
both liberals and conserva-
tives, while forcing both sides to
compromise. And though com-
promise may seem unlikely in
today's Washington, those 64
senators who signed the letter to
Obama have essentially pledged
to do precisely that.

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Only remedy for Weiner

is limited government

Surveys of voters in
Anthony Weiner's
district in Queens,
NY show they forgive
him and want him to
remain as their congressman.
End of story. This is a democ-
racy, right? And the House of
Representatives is the people's
house.
No, it's nbt the end of the
story. It's all the more reason
to recall why America's found-
ers designed a constitutional
republic with a federal govern-
ment of limited, enumerated
powers. And it's why we should
be deeply concerned that these
constitutional limitations have
been systematically undermined
by court decisions over the
years, resulting in the runaway
government and debts we have
today.
- The nation's founders were
realists, cynics if you prefer,
regarding what to expect from
human behavior.
They understood that unbri-
dled popular democracy can
lead to the very tyranny they
escaped from and from which
they wanted to protect their new
nation. A republic, with a consti-
tution limiting the powers of the
federal government, could be
our only protection from lascivi-
ous power seekers like Weiner
and the liberals that have re-
elected him seven times.
There's perhaps irony
in that, the very week that
Weinergate hit the press,
a federal appeals court in
Atlanta heard arguments on
the constitutionality of the big-
gest federal government power
grab in our nation's history
- Obamacare.
Some 26 states are challeng-
ing the constitutionality of the
"individual mandate" provi-
sion of the 'new health care

LETTER

Community needs House of Bargains

To the Editor:

I went to House of
Bargains yesterday and
saw their sign in the
window that the store
was closed. Today I
read the reason why
it closed; at first very
saddened, and then I
became extremely
angry.
. Aside from putting
those four employees
out of jobs, does CARC
have any idea how

Star Parker
poarker@urboncure.org
law that holds it all together.
This provision forces every
American to buy health insur-
ance, defined and designed by
the federal government, from
private firms.
Once the federal govern-
ment can mandate what you
purchase, what's next?
It would be nice to think that
power in our nation is held by
omniscient, God-fearing men
and women, whose priority
was the pursuit of truth and
the good.
But, even the most idealistic
among us understand this is
not realistic and that our only
possible protection from the
many Anthony Weiners is lim-
iting the power of government.
The. individual mandate
issue aside, Obamacare still
accumulates massive new
power in the hands of the
federal government and
bureaucrats. To believe it can
be successful is to have faith
that massive social engineer-
ing, which has never worked
anywhere, will defy the odds
this time.
To get back to the human
factor, consider the case of
Peter Orszag.
As head of President
Obama's Office of
Management and Budget,
Orszag was the chief econo-
mist and numbers cruncher
for Obamacare. He oversaw
the models which churned the

many people depended
on that store and how
they were serving our
community? Especially
folks who are jobless,
struggling in this econo-
my or on fixed incomes
like myself.
In the past 8 years
I bought furniture,
accessories, clothes
and books there, and in
return donated nearly
as much back.
Now CARC wants
to sell on eBay? It's a

TODAY

By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday,
June 11, the 162nd day
of 2011. There are 203
days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in
History:
On June 11, 1776,
theContinental Congress
formed, a committee to

draft a Declaration of
Independence calling for
freedom from Britain.
On this date:
In 1509, England's
King Henry VIII mar-
ried his first wife,
Catherine of Aragon.
In 1770, Captain James
Cook, commander of the

joke, I would never buy
things without examin-
ing them in person and
definitely not clothes
- and then pay ship-
ping charges? And
what kind of jobs are
they going to create?
Someone has to photo-
graph the items, write
descriptions of items
- the list goes on.
In these hard times
we need more shops
like CARC/House of
Bargins that offers

a bag full of clothes
for $7.00; heck, they
could've raised the
price another dollar or
two and I'd still bite.
This is one of the big-
gest mistakes CARC
ever made and in my
anger, I will NOT wish
them luck for taking
away this small lifeline.
And NO, I will never
shop at CARC online.

Tiffani Cassidy
Lake City

multi-trillion dollar projections
predicting the outcome of this
legislation and which were key
in selling Obamacare.
I think most of us would like
to believe that someone with
this much power is a man of
character and integrity.
In the midst of it all, Orszag
announced his engagement
to a journalist. While at the "
same time, he and a former
girlfriend announced the birth,
just weeks earlier, of their out-
of-wedlock child.
Along with his new out-of-
wedlock baby, Orszag had joint
custody of two children pro-
duced in his first marriage.
I wouldn't trust this guy to
run errands for me, let alone
trust him with trillions of dollars
and designing a health care sys-
tem in which bureaucrats will
determine who gets what health
care and ultimately, yes, who
lives and who dies.
Now that we learn that
Weiner's wife Huma is preg-
nant, I guess we're supposed
to. shed crocodile tears for her.
But she's part of the Weiner ,
culture, working for years as an
aide to Hillary Clinton. Maybe
she can find solace in Hillary's
wisdom, stated during her presi-
dential campaign, that "Fairness
doesn't just happen. It requires
the right government policies."
Huma was also comfortable
having her wedding ceremony
officiated by the serial sleaze
par excellence, Bill Clinton.
The founders were right.
Limited government enforced
by a functioning constitution is
our only hope.
* Star Parker is president of
CURE, Coalition
on Urban Renewal and Education
(www.urbancure.org) and author of
three books.

British ship Endeavour,
discovered the Great
Barrier Reef off Australia
by running onto it
In 1910, voters
in Oklahoma chose
Oklahoma City to be the
state's capital over Guthrie
(whichhadbeentheterrito-
rial capital) and Shawnee.

In 1919, Sir Barton
won the Belmont Stakes,
becoming horse racing's
first Triple Crown winner.
In 1963, a Buddhist
monk (Thich Quang
Duc) set himself afire
on a Saigon street to
protest the government
of South Vietnam.

4A

Deroy Murdock
deroy.murdock@gmail.com

Medicare

reforms

deserve

better

marketing

P remium support" is
at the heart of GOP.
efforts to modern-
ize Medicare before
it evaporates, as
soon as 2020. Democrats
have mutilated this excel-
lent idea, which also bears a
dreadful name. House Budget
Committee Chairman Paul
Ryan, R-Wis., and his col-
leagues should re-launch this
concept, pronto.
Republicans should remind
mewling Democrats that econ-
omists in liberal thinks tanks ,
created premium support
The Brookings Institution's,
Henry J. Aaron and the
Urban Institute's Robert
Reischauer fathered "premi-
um support" in 1995. Former".
Sen. John Breaux, D-La.,
promoted this reform as co-
chairman of President Bill
Clinton's bipartisan Medicare
overhaul commission. "I have
proposed a premium support
Medicare plan modeled after
the health care plan serv-
ing nearly 10 million federal
workers, retirees and their
families," Breaux wrote in
March 1999.
"Premium support means
the government would liter-
ally support or pay part of the
premium for a defined core
package of Medicare benefits."
'Today, Congress microman-
ages Medicare and the govern-
ment uses fee schedules 'and
thousands of pages of regula-
tions to set prices for specific
services," Breaux continued.
"My plan combines the best
that the private sector has to
offer with the government pro-
tections we need to maintain
the social safety net"
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey,
D-Neb., echoed Breaux. As
he told Reuters in May, 1999:
"You're much better off letting
50 million people make deci-
sions on their own than having
(Washington) decide things'
from the top down." Breaux
still favors this approach.
"We have to end Medicare
as we know it," Breaux said
in the May 25 Baton Rouge
Advocate. "We don't have to
deliver it the same way we did
in 1965." Unfortunately for
this fine policy that Democrats
conceived, "premium sup-
port" sounds like either an
overpriced bridge abutment
or a mink jock strap. Only an
actuary could love such a cold,
sterile phrase. Even worse,
nobody outside Washington
fathoms this verbiage. Jim
Guirard, long-time chief of staff
to the late Sen. Russell Long,
D-La., runs the TrueSpeak
Institute (TrueSpeak.org).
He advises the GOP to mar-
ket "MediChoice." Unlike the
head scratching that "premium
support" inspires, MediChoice
signals that Republicans would
give seniors choice in medical
coverage. Just as the GI Bill
helps veterans pay tuition at
schools that match their inter-
ests, MediChoice would help
future Medicare recipients
(now 54 or younger) buy cov-
erage that suits their circum-
stances.

* New York commentator
Deroy Murdock is a columnist
with the Scripps Howard News
Service and a media fellow
with the Hoover Institution on
War, Revolution and Peace at
Stanford University.

TO THE' EDITOR

IN HISTORY

m W

FAITH

Saturday, June I 1, 20 I v

&

VALUES

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Judgment of the

GreatWhite Throne

Do not marvel
at this; for
the hour is
coming in
which all
who are in the graves will
hear His voice and come
forth-those who have
done good, to the resur-
rection of life, and those
who have done evil, to
the resurrection of con-
demnation (John 5:28-29
NKJ).
While on earth the
Lord Jesus taught that
all men who die will be
raised again at some
future date. His words
are unmistakably clear:
"All that are in the grave
shall come forth". Belief
in the resurrection and
life after death has been
taught from the early
dawn of history and is
taught consistently from
Genesis to Revelation.
We see in John 5:28-29
that all who are in the
grave will come forth
at their appointed time;
the saved at the Rapture
of the Church to appear
at the Judgment Seat of
Christ. But what does the
Bible teach about those
who never accepted Jesus
as their Savior. John
5:29b says "those who
have done evil, to the
resurrection of condem-
nation" (NKJ). (The KJY
says "damnation".)
When will this take
place? The only author-
itywe have of this is the
Bible. Revelation 20:1-4
'teaches us of the earthly'
Millennium Kingdom

BIBLE STUDIES
--

Hugh Sherrill Jr.
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when Christ will reign
as King on earth, a time
of Peace. Revelation
20:5 says "But the rest
of the dead did not live
again until the thousand
years were finished".
Revelation 20:11-15
speaks of the Great
White Throne Judgment
where all those that never
accepted the Lord Jesus
will give an account -of
their lives. Although this
passage is not pleasant to
hear, it is as much a part
of the Word of God as any
other passage, and I pity
the preacher or teacher
who fails to teach it.
John saw the dead
"small and great" stand
before God. All these
that John saw were the
lost dead, from Cain to
the last one who with
Satan rebelled at the end
of the Millennium. No
matter how or where they
died, they will come back.
Remember, the body can
be destroyed but the spir-'
it or soul is eternal.
The judgment is not.
arbitrary, but is based

SHERRILL continued on 6A

CHURCH NOTES

Today
flaja breaast
fundraiser
Bethel United Methodist
Church is having a flapjack
breakfast fundraiser 8-10
a.m. today at Applebee's.
Dine to donate for the
church's mission team
that is going to Honduras.
Donations are $8. Tickets
are available at the door.

Homecoming Seres
cekbration
The 51st Homecoming
Services celebration begins
10 a.m. Sunday at Eaptside
Baptist Church. Special
music is Sarah Deese of
Fargo, Ga. The homecom-
ing message is 11 a.m.
and Will be given by Rev.
Brandon G. Wit. Witt is
also celebrating his first
year at Eastside.

YbuthDay
Youth Day is 4 p.m.
Sunday at DaySpring
Missionary Baptist
Church. The youth of
various churches will pres-
ent their spiritual gifts.
Refreshments will be
served after the service.
The church is located at
849 NE Congress Ave.

Monday
Truevine Summer
Enrichment Camp
Truevine Summer

Enrichment Camp is 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday
througli Thursday June
13-Aug. 25 at Greater
Truevine Baptist Church.
Breakfast and lunch will
be served. Registration
forms and emergency
forms are available at the
church.

'Parkview Baptist Bible
School
"Big Apple Adventure"
Vacation Bible School
is 9 a.m. 12 p.m. June
S13-17 at Parkview Baptist
Church. Early registra-
tion is recommended.
Call the office for further
information at (386) 752-
0681.

Tuesday
Addictions support
group
Greater Visions
Support Group hosts a
faith-bised addictions sup-
port group at 7 p.m. every
Tuesday at Christ Central
Church on Sister's
Welcome Road and 9:30
a.m. every Thursday at
the Suwannee Coalition
office on North Ohio

Avenue in Live Oak. The
group provides spiritual
and emotional support in
a non-judgmental setting.
Call 208-1345 for more
information.

Faithful and True
meetings
Faithful and True meet-
ings are 7 p.m. every
Tuesday at Christ Central
Church in Lake City. The
perils of pornography and
other addictive sexual
behaviors are discussed.
Men are taught how to
live in freedom consistent-
ly everyday. The group is
strictly anonymous. Call
Tom at (386) 965-6377.

Thursday
English and literacy
classes
Free English speak-
ing and literacy classes
provided by Columbia
County School District's
Career and Adult
Education Program is
from 5:30-8 p.m. every
Thursday at Unity of
God Ministries, Inc. in
Wellborn. Activities for
children will be provided.
Call (386) 755-8190. The
church is located at 12270
County Road 137.

Founder's Day
celebration
The annual Founder's
Day 2011 celebration is
7:30 p.m. June 16-17 and
11 a.m. June 19 at Miracle
Tabernacle Church.

METHODIST
First United Methodist Church
973 S. Marion Ave.
386-752-4488
Sunday-School 9:45AM
Sunday Morning Worship
Casual Worship Service 8:50AM
Traditional Service 11:00AM
Program opportunities available in all areas
for all ages.
For a complete schedule
contact church office at
752-4488

Saturday, June 18
Car wash, bake sale
Bethel United
Methodist of Lake City
is having a car wash and
bake sale is 9 a.m.- 1
p.m. June 18 at Moe's
Southwest Grill. The
event is a fundraiser for
local missionaries.

Youth fun day
A youth fun day is 2 p.m.
June 18 at Bread of Life
Ministries.. The day will
include-waterslides, games,
music and free food. Also
a benefit yard sale is 6:30
p.m. The church is located
at 898 SW Deputy Jeff
Davis Lane.

Sunday, June 19
Dual Day celebration
The annual Dual Day
celebration is 11 a.m. June
19 at Olivet Missionary
Baptist Church. The
guest speaker is Rev.
James Sumpter, associate
minister of Abyssinia MB
Church in Jacksonville.
Dinner will be served
in the fellowship hall
after service. For more
information call Willa V.
Cooley (386) 755-4963.

Submit Church Notes by
e-mail to arobinson@lakec-
ityreportercom, fax to (386)
752-9400 or drop-off at 180
E. Duval St., Lake City.
Call (386) 754-0425 with
questions. Church Notes run
as space is available each
Saturday.

* To submit your Community
Calendar item, contact Antonia
Robinson at 754-0425 or by
e-mail at arobinson@
lakecityreporter.conm.

Today.
FACS of Lake City
announces events
The Filipino American
Cultural Society of
Lake City is hosting an
Induction of Officers/
Board and Filipino
Independence Day Dinner
Party 6 p.m. today at
Epiphany Catholic Church
Social Hall. The event will
include a social time, buf-
fet dinner and program.
The program will feature
FACS Cultural Dancers,
a guest speaker, and a
night of fun and dancing.
Members please bring
your best covered dish to
share and Filipino attire is
suggested. Non-Members
are always welcome, but
there is a $10 per person
cover charge at the door
for this event. Contact Bob
Gavette (386) 965-5905 for
more information.

Alumni fundraiser
The Columbia County
Chapter of the Bethune-
Cookman College Alumni
Chapter is having a
fundraiser today behind
Niblack Elementary
School's playground at
the corner of Baily and
Coldwater Avenue. The
meal is $7 and a sandwich
is $4 and $0.75 for water
or can soda. The menu is
fish, grits, cole slaw, old
fashioned bake beans,
hush puppies and dessert.
Call in orders start at 8
a.m. Call 386-752-1319.

Small Business Expo
SCORE and the Lake
City Mall are hosting a
Small Business Expo 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. today at
the Mall. Any local small
business will be provided
a free information table/
space to introduce their
business. Call SCORE at
752-2000 to reserve a spot
or contact Janice at the
Mall office.

JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter

Lending a helping hand
Haleigh Johnson, 12, rubs in sunscreen on her father, Dustin, Wednesday before laying out
in the sun for a quick tan. 'Protecting yourself is very important. We don't even stay in the sun
for more than three to five hours,' Dustin Johnson said. 'My grandfather had melanoma of the
skin. You've got to make sure to stay hydrated and keep your skin protected. You don't get to
replace (your skin).'

having its 50th reunion
6 p.m. today at the
County Club of Lake
City. The cost is $50
per couple or $25 per
person. All 1961 class-
mates are invited to
attend. Call Shirley at
961-8105 or Sharon at
752-7943 for more infor-
mation.

Mike Mullis will be
*will be playing drums 8
p.m. today at the Spirit
of the Suwannee Music
Hall with the Southern
Rock group "Aunt
Jackie."

Columbia High School
50th reunion
The Columbia High
School Class of 1961 is

and Street Dance
Legion Riders Ribfest
and Street Dance is
noon-10 p.m. today at the
American Legion Post 57
on Hwy. 41 S. Plates will
be serviced fron'noon
to 7 p.m. The meal is $10
and includes a half slab,
baked beans, coleslaw and
includes a beverage ticket.
Seconds are $5. Also avail-

able are $5 wristbands
for draft beer. The street
dance is 6-10 p.m. Music
is by Skattergun. The 50-
50 Raffles will take place
each hour.

Filipino Independence
Day Dinner Party
The Filipino American
Cultural Society of
Lake City is hosting an
Induction of Officers/
Board and Filipino
Independence Day Dinner
Party 6 p.m. today at
Epiphany Catholic Church
Social Hall. The event will
include a social time, buf-
fet dinner and program.
The program will feature
FACS Cultural Dancers,
a guest speaker, and a
night of fun and dancing.
Members please bring
your best covered dish to
share and Filipino attire is
suggested. Nonmembers
are always welcome, but
there is a $10 per person
cover charge at the door
for this event. Contact Bob
Gavette (386) 965-5905.

Sunday
Assistance for those
with impairments
Vocational Rehabilitation

provides services for
eligible people who have
physical or mental impair-
ments that keep them from
working. These service can
help with medical treat-
ment, job placement and
training. Columbia and
Union Counties call (386)
754-1675.

Southside Summer
Camp
Registration is open
for Southside Summer
Camp. Only 80 spots are
available. Camp is $225
for nine weeks running
June 13-Aug. 12. The
camp is open to boys
and girls ages 7 -14 and
is 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday June
13-Aug. 3: Trips include
Blue Springs, bowling,
swimming, skating, mov-
ies, Chuck E. Cheese
and more. Call Wayne
Jernigan at 758-5448 for
more information.

Summer Day Camp
registration
Summer Day Camp
Registration for the
Columbia County
Recreation Department
summer day camp pro-
gram is 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Congressional hearing focuses on

improving disaster preparation

By MITCH STACY
Associated Press

CLEARWATER -
Unclear federal standards
for emergency shelters
and the prospect of los-
ing grant money critical to
helping local governments
prepare for disasters were
among the major concerns
expressed by emergency
managers at a congres-
-sional hearing Friday in
Florida.
The emergency officials,
from Florida, Alabama and
Ohio, stressed .the need
for public-private partner-
ships in disaster prepara-
tion and the use of social
media such as Facebook
and Twitter to communi-
cate quickly with the pub-
lic. They also lauded the
strides made by the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency since Hurricane
Katrina in 2005.
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, a
Republican whose district
includes parts oftheTampa
Bay area, is chairman of
the House Subcommittee
on Emergency
Preparedness, Response
and Communication. He
conducted the field hear-

ing in the coastal commu-
nity of Clearwater with
U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke,
D-Mich.
Bilirakis said afterward
he was most concerned
with unclear new guide-
lines for emergency shel-
ters developed by the
Justice .Department and
FEMA and whether strict
rules for accommodating
people with disabilities
at certain shelters could
lead to others being
turned away. There is
also the issue of whether
some local governments
can afford to pay for all
the accommodations
demanded by federal
standards, he said.
"We haven't really gotten
any satisfactory answers
out of the DOJ and FEMA,
and now we're in hurri-
cane season," Bilirakis
said. Emergency manag-
ers have complained the
federal standards were
developed without, local
input.
Bryan Koon, newly
appointed director of
the Florida Division of
Emergency Management,
said his state's position is
"in full support of individ-

ual rights for access (to
shelters) and opposed to
anyt form of discrimina-
tion."
Emergency 'manag-
ers also stressed the
importance of protecting
funding for Emergency
Management Performance
Grants, the only source of
direct federal funding for
state and local govern-
ments to help with disas-
ter planning. They are
worried that deep bud-
get cuts will affect that
and other federal grant
programs.
"Without (the grant),
some counties in Alabama
would not have an emer-
gency management
program," said John E.
"Rusty" Russell, director
of the Huntsville-Madison
County Emergency
Management Agency
in Alabama. "Continued
support of (the grant) is
essential for preparedness
of communities across the
nation."
Russell, testifying on
behalf of the International
Association of Emergency
Managers, said FEMA
was effective in providing
essential aid after his state

was ravaged by' tornadoes
in April.
"I've got to say, FEMA
did a good job this time,"
Russell said. '"They came
in, they responded to our
needs in an efficient way
we haven't seen before
in other disasters. FEMA
assumed a more provoca-
tive stance up front and
worked actively to address
our issues."
Nancy Dragani, execu-
tive director of the Ohio,
Emergency Management
Agency, said social media
will continue to play a criti-
cal role in disaster response
and recovery. Most state
emergency management
agencies have a presence
on Twitter, and about half
have Facebook pages, she
said.'
'"The use of social media,
especially in emergency
management, continues
to be an organic, evolving
process," she said. "Smart
phones have put the
power of. social media in
the pockets and hands of
the citizens we're serving,
allowing them to now be
active partners in disaster
preparedness, response
and recovery."

at Richardson
Community Center. The
camp is open to boys
and girls ages 7 -14 and
is 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday June
13 -Aug. 3. The cost for
'the eight-week camp is
$225 and will include a
variety of daily activities,
free breakfast, lunch and
weekly field trips. Space
is limited to the first
60 participants Contact
Mario Coppock or Nicole
Smith at 754-7095 or 754-
7096."

Summer program
registration
Summer program
Registration for the Girls
Club summer program
is open. The cost for the
summer camp is $225.
Girls must be 6-13 to
attend. Call Terri Phillips
at (386) 719-5840.

Monday
Florida Trail Association
meeting
The Suwannee
Chapter of the Florida
Trail Association is
meeting 7-9 p.m.
Monday at the
Suwannee River Water
Management District
Office, 9225 CR 49, Live
Oak. The program will
feature a series of photos
taken by various mem-
bers during the 2010-
2011 hiking and paddling
season. Contact Chapter
Chair, Sylvia Dunnam,.
362-3256, dunnams@
windstream.net, or Irvin
Chance, (386) 330-2424.
/

Women's Cancer
Support Group
The Women's Cancer
Support Group of Lake
City will meet at Baya
Pharmacy East, 780 SE
Baya Drive from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Call (386) 752-4198 or
(386)755-0522 for more
information.,

on absolute justice. The
record books are opened
and every thought, word,
or deed of those lost ones
is brought forth as evi-
dence of the justice and
righteousness which God
is about to measure out
to those who rejected His
simple plan of Salvation.
The Book of Life is
opened as the last bit of
evidence to prove they
neglected Salvation.
Revelation 20:15 says
"and whosoever was not
found written in the Book
of Life was casts into the
Lake of Fire". How ter-

Kindergarten
registration
Kindergarten regis-
traion is 7:30 a.m. until 5
p.m. Monday Thursday
at each elemetarty
school. Children must
be 5-years-old on or
before Sept. 1. The fol-
lowing items are needed
to register a child: Birth
Certificate, Immunization
Record, Record of
Physical Examination,
which must have been
completed within a year
before school begins and
a Social Security Card if
available.

Tuesday
Welcome to
Womanhood
Calling all middle and
high school girls for'
Welcome to Womanhood
mentoring program 5-
8 p.m. Tuesday at 532
Marion Street. Contact
Sandra Price at (386)
867-1601. Dinner
included. Transportation
can be provided if contact-
ed one week in advance.

rible, how sad... casts into
outer darkness where the
Beast and False Prophet
are.
Space will not per-
mit an indepth study of
this Judgment. It is my
prayer that you will read
and study this Scripture
and make sure you have
made provision to miss
this Judgment. Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ
and you will be saved
(Acts 16:31).
* Hugh Sherrill is a preacher
in Lake City available for pul-
1pit supply and revivals.

OBITUARIES

Edna C. Summers
Mrs. Edna C. Summers, 77, of
Lake City died Thursday, June
09, 2011 at the Lake City Medi-
cal Center following a lengthy
illness. Born in Olustee, Florida
to the late Benny L. and Onie
Coleman, .Mrs. Summers had
been a lifelong resident of Lake
City. She loved entertaining her
family at her home, gardening
and putting up vegetables, and
was a Prayer Warrior. Mrs. Sum-
mers was a member of Lantern
Park Baptist Church, and was
preceded in death by her hus-
band W.L. Summers in 2005
and one brother, Roy Coleman
and one sister Annette Coleman.
Mrs. Summers is survived by
three daughters, Cindi Summers,
Debbie Owens (Glenn), and
Janet Rivers (Jim) all of Lake
City; grandchildren, William P.
"Bip" Summers (Nadia), Blake
E. Summers, Josh G. Owens
(Casey) all of Lake City, Ashley
L. Owens of Alachua, Sabrina
M. Rivers (Woodrow Lynch),
James H. Rivers, Jr. "J.R." (Jes-
sica Nolan), and Sebastian D.
Rivers, all of Lake City; great-
grandchildren, Liam Summers,
Luke Lynch, James Lynch, Des-

tiny Rivers, Brooke Rivers, Han-
nah Rivers, and Jasmine Horton;
sisters, Adelphia Williams and
Faye Dupree (Lamar) both of
Lake City, and Charlotte Sand-
lin (Al) of Chiefland; sister in
law, Joan Coleman of Lake City.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sum-
mers will be conducted at 3:00
P.M. Sunday, June 12, 2011 in
the Gateway-Forest Lawn Funer-
al Home Chapel with Dr. Rodney
Baker officiating. Interment will
follow at Old Providence Vil-
lage Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will
be held from 4:00-6:00 Saturday
afternoon at the funeral home. In
lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to Suwannee Valley
Care Center (Haven Hospice),
6037 US Highway 90 West,
Lake City, FL 32055. Arrange-
ments are under the direction of
GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN
FUNERAL HOME, 3596 S.
HWY 441, Lake City. (386) 752-
1954. Please sign the guest book at
www.gatewayforestlawn. com

L ast year, I did
something that
changed my
life. I attended
one of the
largest music festivals
in the world at a place
called Bonnaroo.
Unlike the thousands
of hippies joining me
at this festival, it wasn't
the festival itself that
changed my life, but
what was to come after.
I had an excellent time,
but three days into the
four-day festival, I was
spent. I told myself that I
would never go back.
Fact is, when sitting
outside in nearly
100-degree weather, it's
not good to push the
scale at close to 300
pounds. If I was going
to attend the festival
again this year, I knew a
change needed to
be made.
I, like many of you out
there, had become slave
to my routine. Instead of
working out like I did in
my younger days, I found
myself slowly adding
weight.
I'm not a dieter. I don't
like to count calories.
If anything, I like to cut
out certain foods. What I
really needed was a
program to build muscle
and burn fat.
Like many of you, I .
had seen the late-night
commercials for
programs such as P90X
and Insanity, but I was
lazy. I didn't see myself
as someone who could
put in an hour each day
toward working out.
Then, football season
came. This was the time
of year when rumors of
bands playing at next
year's festival started to
surface. Where I once
thought it would be
insanity to attend the
concert again, I now
thought it would be a
missed opportunity to
see some of the artists
rumored to be playing.
I needed a plan. There
was no way I could
attend the festival again
in the shape I vas in. I
couldn't be awaken at
8 a.m. in a pool of my
own sweat.
So, I decided to sweat
it off before the festival.
A friend of mine told
me that he tried this
workout program called
Insanity, which I had
already heard of, but told
me that it was much too
hard to complete. On a
whim, I asked to borrow
the product.
The first day was pure
torture. It was a program
called "Fit Test" and, of
course, it was Insanity.
The program ran for
90 days, and I won't lie
by saying that it gets
easier. It never did, but
I became accustomed to
the torture.
Without dieting, I was
able to drop weight, but I

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By BRIAN MAHONEY
Associated Press
MIAMI LeBron
James came to Miami last
summer for the chance to
be a champion.
He arrived back here
Friday just hoping to be a
survivor.
The Dallas Mavericks
have a 3-2 lead in the NBA
finals and can win their
first championship Sunday
night. Less than a year after
the Heat's free agent vic-
tory celebration, the real
party might belong to Dirk
Nowitzki.
But the Heat, despite con-
secutive losses that have

triple titles James coasted
of upon his arrival in South
Florida.
"I guess they have
momentum in the sense
they came home and won
two games. But each game
is its own," Dwyane Wade
said Thursday night. "We're
going to come out every
game has been pretty much
a possession here, a posses-
sion there. Either team can
come in and say they can
be up different than what
they are. We'll be coming
to the game understanding
it's a possession game in
Game 6, doing whatever it
takes to win the ballgame.
So we're confident."
So are the Mavericks,

get two chances to close
out the Heat, but stress the
importance of doing it on
the first try.
"Game 6 is Game 7 for
us," guard Jason Terry
said. "We want to play like
there's no tomorrow. If we
do that, I have no doubt in
my mind we can be suc-
cessful. We must come out
aggressively."
Wrapping it up on
Miami's floor would be
the sweetest revenge for
Nowitzki and Terry, who
launched the Mavs' final
shot that Wade rebounded
and fired in the air as the
clock expired on Miami's
Game 6 victory in Dallas in
the 2006 finals.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Miami Heat's LeBron James goes up for a shot during
Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Dallas on Thursday.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Florida's Nolan Fontana (4) hits a home run against Mississippi State during the second inning in Game 1 of the NCAA
baseball super regional in Gainesville on.Friday.

Gators blitz Bulldogs

Associated Press

GAINESVILLE -
Hudson Randall spent two
months stewing about his
performance the last time
he faced Mississippi State.
He was finally able to do
something about it Friday.
The sophomore right-
hander atoned for his worst

outing of the season with
his best to lead the Gators
to an 11-1 victory in the
opener of the best-of-three
NCAA Super Regional.
Randall gave up six hits
and struck out a season-
high eight batters over
eight stellar innings, pitch-
ing Florida within one
game of the College World

FILE PHOTO
The Babe Ruth Small League State Tournament, which
begins in Fort White today, opens the season for all-star
baseball tournaments. The machine-pitch Rookie Qualifier is
in Lake City next week.

Series.
"I was a little anxious
coming out, and being in
the Super Regional against
Mississippi State pumped
me up a little more because
they tattooed me over in
Starkville," Randall said.
"I missed pitching against
them in the SEC tourna-
ment, so I was really excit-

ed to come back out."
Randall was knocked out
by Mississippi State the
last time he faced them,
allowing a season-high
six runs in 2'1 innings of a
7-5 loss on April 8. Three
home runs were among the
season-high nine hits that
GATORS continued on 3B

Elite

pitchers

in Tally

Florida State,
Texas A&M
square off today.
Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE
- Texas A&M lost ace
right-hander John Stilson
to' a "season-ending
shoulder injury at the end
of the regular season.
But losing Stilson
hasn't slowed down the
Aggies (45-19) in the post-
season because of their
deep pitching staff.
.Texas A&M won four
straight games to capture
the Big 12 championship.
Then the Aggies won its
NCAA regional to advance
to play Florida State
(45-17) in a super regional
that starts today.
"They've rallied around
the fact that they've lost
their No. 1 guy," said
Florida State coach Mike
Martin. "They have really
been impressive."
For the series opener,
both teams will be start-
ing pitchers with impres-
sive seasons as Texas
A&M right-hander Ross
Stripling faces Seminoles
lefty Sean Gilmartin.
Gilmartin, selected
in the first'round by the
Atlanta Braves, is just a
win behind Stripling at
12-1 with a 1.83 ERA. He's
pitched at least six innings
in all 16 of his starts.
"Gilmartin is as good as
there is in the country,"
said Texas A&M coach
Rob Childress.

All-star tournament season

begins today in Fort White

Small League Each team is guaranteed Lake City has an "A" and
state champions three games, leading to the "B" entry in the tourna-
championship round on ment, and Fort White also
will be crowned. Tuesday. has a rookie team.

By TIM KIRBY
tkirby@lakecityreporter.com
The Babe Ruth/Cal
Ripken baseball all-stars
tournament season begins
today.
First up is the Florida
State -Small League
Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken
Tournament in Fort White,
where the host teams will
be joined in three divisions
- 15-under, 12-under and
10-under. The tournament
is at South Columbia Sports
Park on State Road 47.

Today's opening game
times have been set -
9 a.m. for 15-under, 9:30 a.m.
for 12-under, and 10 a.m. for
10-under.
There is no admission
charge.
Following on the heels of
the Small League state tour-
nament is the annual Rookie
Qualifier, which is hosted by
Lake City Columbia County
Youth Baseball.
The machine-pitch
competition is for 8-under
players and will be June
16-18 at the Southside Sports
Complex in Lake City.

Lake City will field two
all-star teams, and Fort
White one team, which
will play in the North
Florida T-Ball Invitational
Chiefland is hosting the
T-ball tournament on
June 23-26.
Live Oak is the site for
the Babe Ruth District 6
(includes Lake City and
Fort White) all-stars
tournaments for 15-under,
12-under, 11-under and
9-under teams.
The district tournaments
ALL-STARS continued on 3B

EDNBIH TAY N SHAPE J,
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to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon.

A:
(Answers Monday)
Yesterday's Jumbles: NINTH TOKEN DETACH MIRROR
I Answer: Having one made him so good at his job on
the railroad ONE-TRACK MIND

wanted more. Next up was
P90X.
Again, the first day of
the workout was pure
pain. Again, it was a 90-day
program, but this time, it
got easier. Weight began,
to drop off me as my body
began to transform.
When I started P90X, I
wasn't able to complete a
pull-up. By the time I was
finished, I became a
pull-up machine by my
standards at least. I still
can only do five at once,
but I can break that into
sets and reach towards 40.
I went from standing

The third annual Future
Lady Tiger Volleyball
Camp is 9 a.m. to noon
June 27-28 at the Columbia
High gym. The camp is
for girls entering the sixth
through 12th grades, with
instruction by members of
the CHS staff and
returning varsity players.
Cost of $50 includes camp
T-shirt. Registration is in
the CHS front office from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.
For details, call coach
Casie McCallister at
(386) 365-3158.

SUMMER CAMP

County summer

program sign-up

Registration for
the Columbia County
Recreation Department's
Summer Camp Program
has been extended
through Monday. Cost
for the camp is $225 and
includes breakfast and
lunch, four field trips and
six mini camps.
For details, call Nicole
Smith at 754-7095.

POP WARNER FOOTBALL

Registration

for new players

Lake City Pop Warner
football registration for
new players is under way
from 3-6 p.m.
weekdays through June 20

at Richardson Community
Center. Pop Warner also is
looking for girls ages 5-12
interested in cheerleading.
For details, call Kim
Stephens at 623-2954 or
e-mail kimstephensl972@
yahoo.conm.

SWIMMING

Lessons offered

June 20-30

Youth and adult
swimming lessons are
offered at the Columbia
County Aquatic Complex.
Classes meet for two
weeks and six daily times
are offered, plus there
are two daily mom and
tot classes. Four sessions
remain with the next
session June 20-30. Cost is
$50 per person.
Registration is at the
pool (755-8195) from
5-7 p.m. Wednesday and all
day Thursday and Friday.

GIRLS SOFTBALL

Crushers clinic

set for July 11-15

Columbia Crushers
Softball Organization is
holding an elite softball
clinic for girls of all ages
from 8 a.m. to noon on
July 11-15. There will
be instruction in the
fundamentals of fielding
and hitting. Registration
is at Brian's Sports.
Registration deadline is
July 5.
For details, go to
columbiacrushers@gmail.
corn or call 755-4271,

OUTDOORS

Alligator permits

phase two open

The second application
phase for alligator harvest
ends at 11:59 p.m. Monday.
Permits (ages 18 and older
by Aug. 15) are on a first
come-first served basis
and limited to one
permit. Apply at county
tax collector's office,
license agent or www.
fl. wildlifelicense. com.
For details, visit
MyFWC. corn/Alligator.

RUSHING

Bass tournament

set for June 25

An open bass
tournament to benefit the
Suwannee River Breast
Cancer Awareness
Association is June 25 at
Clay Landing. Cost is $70
per boat with an optional
big bass pot of $10. There
is 60 percent payback on
the tournament and 100
percent payback on big
bass pot.
For details, call Jamie
Albritton at (386) 209-0166,
Donnie Feagle at 365-1191.

No license for

saltwater fishing

The second license-free
saltwater fishing weekend
for Florida is June 18-19.
For details, visit
MyFWC.com/Fishing.

* From staff reports

near the 300-pound mark,
to recently dropping under
230. Now, 230 might not
sound like a lightweight to
many of you, but I'm never
going to be an 180-pound
guy.. It's just not how my
body,structure works.,
My body continues to be
a work in progress. Once
completing the program, I
began my own types of
fitness routines. From
running to lifting to
interval training, I like to
keep it interesting. I went
from barely being able to
run a quarter-mile track to
pushing 10 miles.

I don't have to tell you
the difference I feel in
energy. I still sweat
tremendously, but I live in
Florida. There's not many
ways around that in this
heat Hopefully, I won't
sweat in my-sleep this
week.
I'm a walking testament
that these type of
programs work, but the
biggest thing is dedication.
I made my return to
Bonnaroo on Thursday. So
far, so good.
Brandon Finley covers
sports for the Lake City
Reporter.

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are June 23-25, where teams
in the divisions will be play-
ing for a state tournament
berth.
Fort White's 15-under
"A" all-stars will play in
the district tournament.
Fort White's 15-under "B"
all-stars play in the state
tournament in Ocala on
June 23-26.
Lake City is hosting the
Babe RuthStateTournament
for 12-under and 9-under
all-stars on July 7-12.
Host teams receive auto-
matic berths into state tour-
naments, so Lake City's
9-under team is skipping
the district tournament.

GATORS: Three dingers

Continued From Page li
he allowed during his first
loss of the season.
On Friday, the Bulldogs
(37-24) could only scratch
out one run on Jarron
Shepherd's RBI single
in the sixth. Florida still
led 10-1 at that point, and
Randall set down the next
nine batters before giving
way to reliever Keenan
Kish for the ninth inning.
"Last time in Starkville, I
think I was leaving the ball
up too much," said Randall,
who improved to 10-3. "I'm
a sinkerball pitcher so I
was sinking the ball a little
bit better and hitting my
spots on both sides of the

plate. That was a big dif-
ference."
Florida (49-16) had no
trouble offensively, hit-
ting three home runs
and chasing starter Evan
Mitchell (6-2) after just
two innings.
Nolan Fontana hit a
two-run shot in the sec-
ond inning, Mike Zunino
added a solo shot the next
inning, and Daniel Pigott
went deep in the seventh
inning to make it 11-1.
Zunino also drove in
two runs in the first inning
with a single.
Florida led 7-0 after
three innings.

LAKE CITY REPORTER SPORTS SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011

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LAKE CITY REPORTER ADVICE & COMICS SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011

DILBERT

BABY BLUES

BLONDIE

BEETLE BAILEY

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

DEAR ABBY

Man's good buddy objects

to romance with his sister

DEAR ABBY: "Kyle" and
Ihave been good buddies for
10 years. The problem is I'm
crazy about his younger sis-
ter. She and I have been talk-
ing over the last few months.
Kyle knew we were talking
in the beginning, and he told
her to stay away from his
friends. I think I understand
his reasons, and I tried to
talk to him on my own.
Kyle said he doesn't want
to deal with me calling him
eventually about problems
that may arise between me
and his sister.
Now when I hang out with
her we have to be secre-
tive. I would like to be open
about being with this awe-
some girl. Can you please
help me? -- JOHN IN
PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR JOHN: Kyle's
reason for not wanting his
sister to involve herself with
any of his friends is a selfish
one. He is not his sister's
keeper. Her parents are. If
you like her, find out from
them if it's OK to hang out
with her. But stop sneaking
around because it's childish
and reflects badly on both
of you. And if there are any
problems, refrain from tak-
ing them to Kyle.
DEAR ABBY: I grew up'
disliking a lot of things about
my mother, but the main
thing was how she treated
my father. I still don't like it.
Now I realize I have start-
ed treating my husband the

Abigail Van Buren
www.dearabby.com
same way sometimes. He
says it doesn't bother him
and everything is fine in our
marriage, but I lie awake
at night worried about how
I'm treating him. Situations
come up, and before I can
stop myself, I say something
I wish I hadn't One of my
husband's friends noticed it
and mentioned it
I married a wonderful
man, and I don't want to put
him through what my dad
endured. What can I do? -
SEEING A PATTERN
DEAR SEEING: It's
not unusual for children
to model the behavior of
their parents, even when
the example 'isn't a good
one. You will need to learn
to self-censor before you
open your mouth in stress-
ful situations. One way to
do it is, before snapping,
ask yourself, "Is this true?
Is it helpful? Is it kind?"
However, learning the tools
to create new patterns of
behavior isn't easy and
you may need the help of a
licensed counselor in order
to overcome the patterns of
a lifetime.

DEAR ABBY: Every
weekend my husband goes
to all the yard sales and
estate sales in our area. He
brings home stuff he consid-
.ers treasures, but I'm sure
even the trash collectors
wouldn't pick it up.
He is obsessed with his
hobby and doesn't realize
he is turning our beautiful
home into a trash storage
warehouse. I tried talking
to him, but he says he'll
do as he pleases. Abby, I'm
writing to you as my last
resort. I am desperate -for
any advice you can give me.
-- SECONDHAND ROSE
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
DEAR ROSE: Your hus-
band hag been seduced by
the "thrill of the hunt" and
is responding to primitive
impulses passed down from
our long ago ancestors.
Women have it too ask
anyone who has lost track
of time during a depart-
ment store sale and bought
more than she set out for.
Try this: Go with him to
the yard and estate sales,
so you both can agree to
buy or reject a "treasure"
before it becomes a pur-
chase. While this may not
put an end to your problem,
it may curb your husband's
impulse buying a little.

ARIES (March 21-
April 19): Making the
same mistake twice is likely
if you are too gullible. Rely
on someone who has never
let you down in the past for
insight. Talking can solve
a lot of problems if you are
direct about how you feel.

TAURUS (April 20-
May 20): Don't be fooled
into thinking that someone
offering you help doesn't
want something in return.
Your ability to work alone
will attract a different vari-
ety of acquaintances with
greater potential td com-
plement what you have to
offer. ***
GEMINI (May 21-
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 11-54-CP
Division Probate
IN RE: ESTATE OF LENI 'H.
HOMER, A/K/A
LANIE H. HOMER, A/K/A
LENI HENDERSON HOMER
Deceased
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of
Leni H. Homer a/k/a Lanie H. Hom-
er, a/k/a Leni Henderson Homer, de-
ceased, whose date of death was
February 9, 2011, is pending in the
Circuit Court for Columbia County,
Florida, Probate Division, the ad-
dress of which is 172 NE Hemando
St, P.O. Box 2069, Lake City, FL
32056. The names and addresses of
the personal representative and the
personal representative's attorney are
set forth below. -
All creditors of the decedent and oth-
er persons having claims or demands
against decedent's estate on whom a
copy of this notice is required to be
served must file their claims with
this court WITHIN THE LATER OF
3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AF-
TER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF
A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON
THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent
and other persons having claims or
derhands against decedent's estate
must file their claims with this court
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE
DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICA-
TION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITH-
IN THE TIME .PERIODS SET
FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF
THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE,
ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH
IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this
notice is June 4, 2011.
Attorney for Personal Representa-
tive:
MARY ANN SHEPARD
Attorney for Arlene A. Railey
Florida Bar Number: 0740871
1214 SE Baya Drive
Lake City, FL 32025
Telephone: (386)752-0186
Fax: (386)755-7296
E-Mail: mshepard200l@yahoo.com
By:/s Arlene A. Railey
1313 Tiger Drain Rd.
White Springs, Florida 32096
04545150
June 4, 11, 2011

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REG-
ISTER FICTITIOUS NAME
NOTICE is hereby given that pur-
suant to the Fictitious Name Act of
Section 865.09 of the Florida Stat-
utes, I hereby certify and acknowl-
edge the following:
Fictitious Name to be registered:
Lifeguard Ambulance Service-Co-
lumbia County
Mailing address of the business: 508
SW State Road 247
Lake City, FL 32025-1596
Name and address of owner:
Lifeguard Ambulance Service of
Florida, LLC
234 AQUARIUS DRIVE, SUITE
103
BIRMINGHAM AL 35209
FEIN No. if corp or LLC:
203434780
Florida Registration Number:
L05000084769
It is the intention of the owner to reg-
ister the above fictitious name which
name is hereby advertised pursuant
to the Fictitious Name Act and Chap-
ter 50 of the Florida Statutes. .
DATED this 8th day of June 2011.
LIFEGUARD AMBULANCE
SERVICE OF
FLORIDA, LLC, a Florida limited
liability company
By: Lifeguard Transportation Serv-
ice, Inc.,
a Florida corporation, Member
By: John Roche, Its President
Richard E. Jesmonth, Esquire
323 East Romana Street
Pensacola, Florida 32502
850-444-9550
Fax: 850-438-7224 -
Attorney for Company

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 11-54-CP
Division Probate
IN RE: ESTATE OF LENI H.
HOMER, A/K/A
LANIE H. HOMER, A/K/A
LENI HENDERSON HOMER
Deceased
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
The administration of the estate of
Leni H. Homer a/k/a Lanie H. Hom-
er, a/k/a Leni Henderson Homer, de-
ceased, is pending in the Circuit
Court for Columbia County, Florida,
Probate Division, the address of
which is 173 NE Hemando Avenue,
P.O. Box 2069, Lake City, Florida
32056, file number 11-54-CP. The
estate is testate and the date of the
decedent's will and any codicils are
Last Will and Testament dated Janu-
ary 7, 2009. The names and address-
es of the personal representative and
the personal representative's attorney
are set forth below.
Any interested person on whom a
copy of the notice of administration
is served who challenges the validity
of the Will or Codicils, qualification
of the personal representative, venue,
or the jurisdiction of the court is re-
quired to file any objection with the
court in the manner provided in the
Florida Probate Rules WITHIN THE
TIME REQUIRED BY LAW
which is on or before the date that is
3 months after the date of service of
a cop of the Notice of Administration
on that person, or those objections
are forever barred.
a petition for determination of ex-
empt property is required to be filed
by or on behalf of any person enti-
tled to exempt property under Sec-
tion 732.402, WITHIN THE TIME
REQUIRED BY LAW, which is on
or before the later of the date that is
4 months after the date of service of
a copy of the Notice of Administra-
tion on such person or the date that is
40 days after the date of termination
of any proceeding involving the con-
struction, admission to probate, or
validity of the will or involving any
other matter affecting any part of the
exempt property, or the right of such
person to exempt property is deemed
waived.
An election to take an elective share
must be filed by or on behalf of the
surviving spouse entitled to an elec-
tive share under Section 732.201 -
732.2155 WITHIN THE TIME RE-
QUIRED BY LAW, which is on or
before the earlier of the date that is 6
months after the date of service of a
copy of the Notice of Administration
on the surviving spouses, or the date
that is 2 years after the date of the
decedent's death. The timeffor filing
an election to take an elective share
may be extended as provided in the
Florida Probate Rules.
Attorney for Personal Representa-
tive:
MARY ANN SHEPPARD
Attorney for Arlene A. Railey
Florida Bar Number: 0740871
1214 SE Baya Drive
Lake City, FL 32025
Telephone: (386)752-0186
Fax: (386)755-7296
E-Mail: mshepard2001@yahoo.com
Personal Representative:
Arlene A. Railey
1313 Tiger Drain Rd.
White Springs, Florida 32096
04545149
June 4, 11, 2011
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 11-136-CP
IN RE: ESTATE OF OSCAR
FRANCIS NICHOLSON
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of
.Oscar Francis Nicholson, deceased,
whose date of death was April 22,
2011, and whose social security
number is 263-60-3387, is pending
in the Circuit Court for Columbia
County, Florida, Probate Division,
the address of which is 173 NE Her-
nando Ave., P.O. Box 2069, Lake
City, Florida 32056-2069. The
names and addresses of the personal
representative and the personal rep-
resentative's attorney are set forth
below.
All creditors of the decedent and oth-
er persons having claims or demands
against decedent's estate on whom a
copy of this notice is required to be
served must file their claims with
this court WITHIN THE LATER OF
3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AF-
TER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF
A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON
THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent
and other persons having claims or
demands against decedent's estate
must file their claims with this court
WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE
DATE OF THE PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITH-
IN THE TIME PERIODS SET
FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF
THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE
WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME
PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE,
ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2)
YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE
DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH
IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this
notice is June 4, 2011.
Attorney for Personal Representa-
tive:
By:/s/ John E. Norris
Florida Bar Number: 058998

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF
THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IN
AND FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY
CIVIL DIVISION
FIRST FEDERAL BANK OF
FLORIDA F/K/A FIRST FEDERAL
SAVINGS BANK OF FLORIDA,
* Plaintiff,
vs.
NANCY ANN FERGUSON; UN-
KNOWN SPOUSE OF NANCY
ANN FERGUSON; IF LIVING, IN-
CLUDING ANY UNKNOWN
SPOUSE OF SAID
DEFENDANTSS, IF REMARRIED,'
AND IF DECEASED, THE RE-
SPECTIVE UNKNOWN HEIRS,
DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGN-
EES, CREDITORS, LIENORS,
AND TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTH-
,ER PERSONS CLAIMING BY,
THROUGH, UNDER OR
AGAINST MICHAEL FERGU-
SON; CANNON CREEK AIRPARK
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,
INC.; JOHN DOE; JANE DOE AS
UNKNOWN TENANTS IN POS-
SESSION;
Defendant(s)
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: NANCY ANN FERGUSON; IF
LIVING, INCLUDING ANY UN-
KNOWN SPOUSE OF SAID DE-
FENDANT(S), IF REMARRIED,
AND IF DECEASED, THE RE-
SPECTIVE UNKNOWN HEIRS,
DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGN-
EES, CREDITORS, LIENORS,
AND TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTH-
ER PERSONS CLAIMING BY,
THROUGH, UNDER OR
AGAINST THE NAMED. DE-
FENDANT(S);; 0
Whose residence are/is unknown.
YOU ARE HEREBY required to file
your answer or written defenses, if
any, in the above proceeding with
the Clerk of this Court, and to serve
a copy thereof upon the plaintiff's at-
tomey, Law Offices of Daniel C.
Consuegra, 9204 King Palm Drive,
Tampa, FL 33619-1328, telephone
(813)915-8660, facsimile (813)915-
0559, within thirty days of the first
publication of this Notice, the nature
of this proceeding being a suit for
foreclosure of mortgage against the
following described property, to wit:
COMMENCE AT. THE SOUTH-
WEST CORNER OF THE SOUTH-
WEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST
1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 4
SOUTH, RANGE 16 EAST, CO-
LUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AND RUN NORTH 86'29'46"
EAST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE
OF SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, A DISTAN-
CEE OF 926.71 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 1"22'55" WEST 254.02
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-
NING; THENCE SOUTH 86'29'46"
WEST 216.67 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 122'55" WEST 210.00
FEET; THENCE N 86'29'46" EAST
213.87 FEET; THENCE SOUTH
2"08'48" EAST 209.91 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AL-
SO KNOWN AS LOT 20A, CAN-
NON CREEK ACRES SUBDIVI-
SION UNRECORDED.
If you fail to file your answers or
written defenses in the above pro-
ceeding, on plaintiff's attomey, a de-
fault will be entered against you for
the relief demanded in the Complaint
or Petition.
DATED at COLUMBIA County this
26 day of May, 2011.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By:/s/ b. Scippio
Deputy Clerk
AMERICANS WITH* DISABILI-
TIES ACT: If you are a person with
a disability who requires accommo-
dations in order to participate in a
court proceeding, you are entitled, at
no cost to you, the provision of cer-
tain. assistance. Individuals with a
disability who require special accom-
modations in order to participate in a
court proceeding should contact the
ADA Coordinator, 173 NE Hernan-
do Avenue, Room 408, Lake City,
FL 32055,'* (386)719-7428, within
two (2) business days'of receipt of
notice to appear. Individuals who are
hearing impaired should call
(800)955-8771
Individuals who are voice impaired
should dall (800)955-8770
04545128
June 4, 11, 2011
Public Auction
2002 HD Motorcycle
VIN#1HDIBLY152Y074465
at Auto Emporium of Lake City Inc.
2832 SE Main Blvd
Lake City FL. 32025
in Columbia Co. at 10:00 AM on
June 27, 2011

05526034
June 11, 2011
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, THIRD
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 10-53-CA
FIRST FEDERAL BANK OF
FLORIDA, a Banking corporation
organized under the laws of the Unit-
ed States of America, f/k/a FIRST
FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK OF
FLORIDA
Plaintiff(s),
vs.
MICHELLE E. HOPKINS, a/k/a MI-
CHELLE E. SALISBURY, JEF-
FREY RAY SALISBURY, CLERK
OF COURT FOR COLUMBIA
COUNTY, FLORIDA. STATE AT-
TORNEY FOR THE THIRD JUDI-
CIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA,
CITY OF LAKE CITY, FLORIDA,
and STATE OF FLORIDA, ET AL,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
NOTICE is hereby given that P.
Dewitt Cason, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Columbia County, Florida,
will on the 22nd day of June, 2011 at
11:00 a.m. at the Columbia County
Courthouse, 173 N.E. Hernando
Avenue, Lake City, FL 32055, offer
for sale and sell at public outcry to
the highest and best bidder for cash,
the following described property sit-
uated in Columbia County, Florida,
to-wit:
Lot 135, Emerald Lakes Phase Four,

a subdivision according to the plat
thereof as recorded in Plat Book 6,
page 151-152, public records of Co-
lumbia County, Florida.
Pursuant to the Final Judgment of
Foreclosure entered in a case pend-

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ing in said Court, the style of which
is as set out above, and the docket
number of which is 10-53-CA. Any
person claiming an interest in the
surplus from the sale, if any, other
than the property owner as of the
date of the lis pendens must file a
claim within sixty (60) days after the
sale.
WITNESS my hand and the official
seal of said Court, this 26 day of
May, 2011.
P. DEWITT CASON
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Columbia County, Florida
B. Scippio
By:/s/ Deputy Clerk
04545147
June 4, 11, 2011

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04545246
Savage Services is hiring
professional drivers for local
hauls in the Lake City area.
Class A CDL with Haz-mat and
tanker endorsements is required
and experience with
tankers is preferred. We are
very interested in
career-oriented applicants.
We offer:
Competitive Pay
Family Insurance
Retirement Plans
401K Plan
Home every day
Quarterly Incentive/Safety
Bonus
Paid Holidays/Vacations
Career Opportunities
Must pass drug screen and
physical. Savage is an EOP
employer. Apply at
Savage Services
228 NE McCloskey Ave. Lake
City, FL between 11am and
3pm Monday thru Friday.

MOVING: FREE to Good Home.
8 week old male & female kittens
Loving and playful.
Call anytime. 386-235-6723
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Florida Law 828.29 requires dogs
and cats being sold to be at least 8
weeks old and have a health
certificate from a licensed
veterinarian documenting they
have mandatory shots and are
free from intestinal and external
parasites. Many species of wild-
life must be licensed by Florida
Fish and Wildlife. If you are
unsure, contact the local
office for information.
Purebred Rottweillers 2 male
8 weeks. Price negotiable to the
best homes. Serious inquires only.
386-208-0059 or 288-0272.

805 Lots for Sale
5 Acre Lot, Secluded & Cleared,
MLS# P7871 $55,000
Call Lisa Waltrip
@ 386-365-5900
westfieldrealtygroup.com
Great Package Deal $43,500
Nicely wooded. 3 lots'in Emerald
Cove. (1)Private cul-de-sac.
Aaron Nickelson 386-867-3534
Westfield Realty Group
Hallmark Real Estate. Owner
Finance with $5K down with
terms negotiable. Below assessed
value for the county. MLS# 74484
$17,900 Jay Sears 386-867-1613
Land for Sale. 12 acres in
nice area south of town.
MLS#77469 $55,000
Carrie Cason 386-623-2806
Westfield Realty Group
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